The National Investigation Agency (NIA) carried out searches at
more than 60 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana in Left Wing Extremism
(LWE) or Naxal case.
The raids are still underway at the premises and hideouts of
suspects in both the States. Separate NIA teams started conducting raids in
close coordination with state police forces since morning following inputs.
“A total of 60 locations in Andhra Pradesh and Telangana are being
searched in Left Wing Extremism (LWE) or Naxal case,” informed a top NIA source.
The raids are learnt to be conducted at Telangana’s Hyderabad, and
in Andhra Prdesh’s Guntur, Nellore and Tirupati districts.
The places being searched are houses of several leaders of civil
rights sympathizers, who are suspected of having links with Naxal sympathizers.
On September 9, the NIA also conducted a series of raids and
searches in Telangana and Chhattisgarh in connection with an August 2023 case
involving the recovery of explosive materials, drones and a Lathe machine
involving the banned Communist Party of India (Maoist) for use against security
forces.
The NIA had registered the case against 12 accused after the
explosive materials, drones and a Lathe machine were seized from three of them
in the month of June in Cherla mandal of Kothagudem.
ANI
